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KAPSIS v. PORT AUTH. OF NY & NJ

712 A.2d 1250 (1998)

313 N.J. Super. 395

Vasilios KAPSIS, Plaintiff-Respondent/ Cross-Appellant, v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, and Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendants-Appellants/ Cross-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Cook, Trenton, for defendants-appellants/cross-respondents (Hugh H. Welsh, Deputy General Counsel, attorney; Mr. Welsh, of counsel; Mr. Cook, on the brief).

Paul B. Hirsch, Jersey City, for plaintiff-respondent/cross-appellant (Horn, Schechtman & Hirsch, attorneys; Michael J. Dillon and James Koblin, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, BROCHIN and WEFING.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BROCHIN, J.A.D.

In this FELA1 case, the jury found that defendant Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH)'s negligence and plaintiff Vasilios Kapsis' cigarette smoking were both proximate causes of his asbestosis and of his laryngeal cancer. The jury determined that Mr. Kapsis' total damages were $3,000,000 for pain and suffering and $732,000 for...

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